Rail-anticreeper.



PA TENTED MAY 21, 1907. N. E. 'SALSIGH. RAIL ANTIGREBPER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.2,1907.

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and State of Niseonsin, have invented new shows e'nd view of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 shows a drawings in three typesz-In Fig. l, the yoke is-made ol a bar of metal with the ends NEIL E. SALSIOHPOF HARTLAND, WISCONSIN.

FlAlL-ANTIQREEFER.

I No. 854,435.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 21, 1907.

Application filed January 2,1907. $erial No. 350,439-

To all w/tmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEIL E. SALSICH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Hartland, county of W'aukesha,

and uselul lmprovementsin Rail-Anticreepl ers, of which the following is a specification. My invention pertains to means for the prevention of creeping of railway rails.

On double-track railways, where the trallic on each track is always in the same direction, the creeping it'ljerails in the direction of the trallic becomes of such magnitude as to require means for prevention; the same is true of rails on heavy grades, where the tendency of therail is to creep down the rade.

I provide a simple and adjustable clamp for the rail, v'n'th' means for anchoring the clamp to the tie, thus preventing the movement of the rail over the tie This description is accompanied by six figures, in which 1 i 1 Figurg lshows a type of my device; Fig. 2

inoclilied ty e ol? my device; Fig. 4 shows end view of *ig. 3 Fig. 5 shows another modification of my device; Fig. 6 shows end view of the deviceof Fig. 5.

The relation of the tie 42 to the rail and to the anti-creeper are shown in Fig. .3. The arrow in Fig. 3 shows the direction of the creep of the rail.

The device of my invention consists of two anchor 3. The yoke 2 I illustrate in the 21 and 22 formed by bending the lesser thickness of the bar in Fig. 3, the yoke is made of a bar of metal with the ends formed by bending the greater thickness of the bar, in Fig. 5, the two forms of Figs. 1 11(l3 are combined to attain the :ulvantages of both, viz., the longer grip at the end 21 upon the edge ol'the rail 1, and the greater 'strengthat the end 22 by causing the stress of'the wedge and anchor piece to act through the greater thickness of the bar, tne result being attained by the twisting ol the bar through a quarter turn at or near lls middle portion.

The combined lockinwedge and anchor member. is grooved along one edge, 37,oi the wedge end to enable the part to take firm sent upon lhe rail, and is provided with a 5 notch and a hole for spikes to anchor the part i to the tie. 'lhe grooved edge is provided also 1 with a roughened surface and is shown in Fig. 1 at 38 "as having transverse corrugations forming teeth for gripping securely the edge of the foot of the rail.

To prevent buckling downward, the device is given a buckle upward by bonding the K yoke 2 at the point 23 as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, the anchor wedge being preferably twisted through a corresponding angle at the point to enable the wedge end to lie snugly withlnthe buckled end of the yoke a ml at the same time to enable the anchor end lo he llat upon the surface of the tie to which it must be spiked. The yoke is recessed at the angle 23 to make room for the lip of the wedge forming the lower portion of the grooved fac'e 37 of the wedge. Thislipis permitted to-projeet below the edge oli the rail to guard against the lifting of the wedge inn direction toward the tread of the rail.

The device is assembled upon the railway rail by placing the yoke 2 around the foot of the rail as shown, and adjacent to a tie, driv ing the wedge of the anchor wedge through the free end of the yoke 2 until the yoke is looked upon the rail; then spiking the anchor end of the wedge to the tie; in spiking to the tie, a spike 40 is driven first in the notch 33 whereby, by a movement 01'' the anchor end of the wedge swinging the part upon point at or near the angle 36 as a lo crum, a further tightening of the'wedgc in the yoke will be attained if such further tightening be at all possible, and then a spike 41 is driven through the hole 34, looking the device linally in place.

The notch provides a further locking detail in the inclinationof its edge 33 to the line of the direction of travel of the rail. By driving the lirsl spike at that end of the travel permitted by the looseness of the spike in the hole 34 or by the omission of that spike, will drug the anchor along the'spike in the 1 )lZCll 3b and by the inclination of the bottom edge 33 ol the notch will force the anchor end of the wedge clement nearer to the rail and thus will lock the device more tightly to the rail. x

- I do notwish to limit nrvsell' in all respects to the exact details herein illustrated and d cribcd, as I understand that deviations from the types here shown and the methods here described may be made wilhout cle parting from ihe spirit or scope of my u1ventron.

notch 33 nearest the yoke of the device, any

.for said yoke, and an extension arm on said wedge and forming anintegral part therewith and having a hole therein to receive a spike driven into a tie for anchoring said wedge, substantially as described.

2. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke, a wedge for said yoke, and an extension upon said wedge having a hole to receive a spike driven into a tie for anchoring said wedge, substantially as described.

3. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke adapted to embrace a rail and a wedge and having an angle at the line of junction of the rail and wedge, a wedge, and means for anchoring said wedge, substantially as described.

4. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail and a wedge and having an angle at the line of 'unction of the rail and wedge, anda wedge aving a twist whereby a projecting free end of the wedge may approach the "plane of the surface of the rail engaged by said yoke, substantially as described.

5. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail and a wedge and having an angle at the line of junction'of the rail and wedge, a wedge having a twist whereby a projecting free end of the wedge may approach the plane of the surface of the rail engaged by said yoke, and means for anchoring the wedge, substantia'ily as desc ribedj .6; In. a iail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail, anda wed e, .a wedge having a groove on the surface' 0 contact with the rail, and an extension arm on said wedge and forming a l integral part therewith and having a hole ,therein to receive. a spike driven i to a tie for "anchoring the wedge, substan ially as described,

7. In'arail anti-creeper, a yoke adapted angler-at the line ofj ction of the rail and v to. embrace a rail and/gtpredge and having an wedge, a wedge hay g a groove in the surface of contact with the rail, and means for .anchon ngsaid wedge, substantially as de- 5 a-rai l andja wedge, a wedge bent at an angle andextending beyond the angle in an exten- 8, In a'railanti-creeper, a yoke embracing sioh for anchoring the wedge, and'means for swinging the wedge u ona fulcrum at or near the angle of the "wedge to increase the engagement between the wedge .the rail and the yoke, substantiallyas described.

9. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke, a sliding.

wedge for saidyoke, and an extension memf her for saidwedge and adapted to pass over and in con-tact with the upper 'surface of a tie'and having'a hole for a spike whereby it may be anchored to a .tie, substantially as described;

10. In a rail anti-creeper, a wedge fulcrumed on the rail, a yoke embracingj said wedge and the rail, and means for anchoring the wedge, substantially as described.

11. In a rail anti-creeper, an anchor part fulcrumed on the rail, ayoke embracing said part and the rail, and an extension on said anchor part having a hole for a spike to anchor said part 'to a tie, substantially as described.

12. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail and an anchor part, an anchor part bent at an angle and extending on one side of the an le to engage said yoke and onthe other side of the angle to provide means for anchoring the part, and means for swinging the anchor part upon a fulcrum at or near the angle to effect or increase the enga ement of the anchor part the rail and the yo 'e, substantially as described- 13. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke shaped at one end to engage one side of the foot of a rail and to pass under thefoot of the rail and having an angle at the alternative edge of the rail and projecting beyond the alternative edge of the rail and shaped atits free end to engage an anchor part, an anchor part, said anchor part beingfulcrumed. upon the rail shaped at its ree end to engage an anchor part, an anchor part having a fulcrum upon the edge of the rail and extending on one side v of the fulcrum to engage the free end of the yoke and on the other side of thefulcrum as an operating and anchoring extension, and means for swinging said anchor part upon its fulcrum, substantially as described. 15. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail and a wedge, a wedge bent at an angle and extending beyond the angle in an extension for anchoring the wedge, and aninclined spike-en'gagin art ofisaid extension whereby the travel 0 t e wedge with the rail will swing the wedge upon its angle as a fulcrum to increase the engagement between the wedge and the yoke, substantially as described.

16. In a rail anti-creeper, an anchor part I fulcrumed on the rail, a yoke-embracing said art and the rail, an edge on said anchor part t clinedto the edge of the rail and adapted to engage a driven spike and whereby, by the movement of the anchor part jointly with the rail and sliding upon the spike, the anchor part will be swung upon 1ts fulcrum, substantially as'. described.

angleto engage said yoke and on the other whereby the side of the angle to provide'means for an choring the part, and a surface on-said anchor part and inclined to the edge of the rail and adapted to engage a driven spike and joint movement of the wedge and rail past th'e'driven spike will swing the anchor part upon its point of engagement with the rail, substantially as described.

18. In a rail anti-creeper, a Wedge member -adapted to be spiked to a tie, and having an edge adapted to lie in Contact with the rail, a yoke bar adapted to include within two hook ends the rail and the wedge, and teeth on the face of said Wedge adapted to lie in'contaet with the rail, substantially as described.

19. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail and ananchor part, an anchor part adapted to lie within said yoke and having teeth to engage the rail, and an inclined edge on said anchor part inclined to the direction of creeping of the rail when the anchor part is in position and adapted to rest against a driven spike whereby the movement of said anchor with the rail will in rail, substantially as described.

20. In a rail anti-creeper, an anchor part having a frictional contact surface for a railway rail, corrugations in said engaging surface to increase the frictional engagement between the anchor and the rail, a projecting part on said anchor and adapted to lie upon a tie, and means for anchoring said anchor part upon the tie, substantially as described.

21 In a rail ai'iti-creeper, an anchor wedge, means for anchoring said part to a tie by spikes, a yoke for affixing said part frictionally to a rail, and a spike'engaging surface on said part and inclined to the line of travel of said rail whereby by any movement "of the anchor part with the rail the engagement of the anchor with the rail willbe increased, substantially as described.

22. In a rail anti-creeper, an anchor wcdge, means for anchoring said wedge to a tie-b spikes, a yoke for alii'xing said part frictionally to the rail, corrugations on said part in its rail-engaging surface for increasing its crease the engagement of the anchorwith the c y grip upon the rail, and a spike-engaging sur-' face on said part anddnchned to the line of travel of the rail when said part is adjusted to the rail vs'hereby by any movement of said anchor part with the rail the engagement of said part with the rail will be increased, substantially as described.

23. In a rail anti-creeper, ayoke adapted to embrace a rail and an anchor and havin an angle near-the line of contact of the rail and the anchor, an anchor,- and means for slidably I spiking said anchor to a tie, substantially as described.

24. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke adapted to embrace a rail and an anchor and having an angle near the line of contact of the rail and the anchor, an anchor having a twist whereby a projecting end of the anchor may approach the plane of the lower surface of attaching as described.

25. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke adapted to embrace a rail and an anchor and having an anglenear the line of contact of the rail and the anchor, and an anchor havin a twist whereby a projecting end of the anc 1or may approach the plane of the lower surface of the rail engaged by said yoke, substantially as described.

ing a railand an anchor and having an angle near the line of junction of the rail and sinchor, an anchor having a groove on the surface of contact with the rail, and'means for spiking. the anchor to a tie, substantially as described.

28. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embracing a rail and an anchor part, an anchor part bent at an angle and extending beyond the angle in an extension adapted to lie upon the upper surface of a tie, and an inclined spikeengaging part of saidv extension whereby the travel of. the anchor swing the anchor part upon its fulcrum to increase theengageinentbetween the anchor part and the yoke, substantially as described.

29. In a rail anticreeper, a yoke embracing a rail and an anchor part, an anchor part fulcrunied upon the rail, and an inclined spike-engaging edge on said anchor part whereby the travel of the anchor part with the railwill, through the engagement of the said edge with a driven spike, swing the anchor part upon its fulcrum to increase its engageinent between the anchor. part and the 4 yoke, substantially as described.

30. In a rail anti-creeper, an anchor fulcrunied on the rail, a yoke embracing said anchor and the-rail, and means for spiking the anchor to a tie, substantially as described.

, Signed by me at Chicago, county of Cook and State'ol' Illinois, in the presence of two witnesses.

NEIL E. SALSICH.

the rail engaged by said yoke, and means for said anchor to a tie, substantiall'y 26. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embrac- 27. In a rail anti-creeper, a yoke embrac part with the rail will IIO 

